Rosewater SA 5013
Rosewater is a suburb in South Australia, 15 km from Adelaide CBD, around 22 minutes by car. Population is 3,582; the median age is 39 and the median household income is $68,328 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The suburb grew 9.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $260 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,430. Rosewater is characterised by high flood risk and high crime risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Rosewater a good suburb?
Rosewater scores a C (37/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Very walkable
Walkability 90/100 · 15.2 km · 22 min drive to Adelaide
Around the state median
Median $830K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 86/100 · Flood 86/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 39 · 3,582 residents
Liveability Rating
37 / 100 · Ranked #408 in SAEach bar is Rosewater's rank among SA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
How do you rate the liveability in Rosewater?
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Our score
37 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataRosewater's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $830,000, roughly 16% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$830,500
5% below its 6 neighbours (median $870,000)
Based on 87 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 14 days — median across 43 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 11 sales $690K
- 3 bed 53 sales $830K
- 4 bed 17 sales $942K
Units
$485,500
Based on 25 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 15 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 20 sales $418K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Rosewater are currently listed at around $714,000 on average. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.
$714K
4 houses listed in the last 6 months.
6 of the suburb's 1,455 dwellings (0.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Rosewater rent for around $625 a week on average, based on 16 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$625/wk
16 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$400/wk
5 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
21 rentals advertised against an estimated 461 rented homes (4.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Apr–Jun 2026- 3-bed houses
- $600/wk
- 10 bonds
- +22% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $415/wk
- 10 bonds
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025105 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 5013.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$625/week ($32,000 a year) on a $714,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Rosewater safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Rosewater sits in the high band, with 349 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 33% on the prior year.
349 offences
33.2% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20255 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. This state’s crash data does not name the road.
Schools
One school serve Rosewater, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,204 students in one school (avg 1,204)
Secondary
Universities nearby
1.7% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Rosewater is exceptionally walkable on foot — at 90/100, daily errands don't require a car at all.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Rosewater.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 75.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 47.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 29.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 19.2 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Rosewater.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 50%
- Premises covered
- 1,833
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Port Adelaide Enfield: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 7 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Rosewater is home to about 3,600 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $68,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,582
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$68,328/yr
Census Median Rent
$260/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,430/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$35,568/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
7.8%
Total Dwellings
1,455
Owner-Occupier Rate
68.3%
Houses
76.4%
Rental Stress
19.8%
Mortgage Stress
25.1%
Work From Home
7.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
96 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 24 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 448 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 68.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 70.5%
- Employment Rate
- 56.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 43.2%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
132 residents (3.7%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 3,397 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
15% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (264 of 1,710).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 423 people work here; 1,710 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 74% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,311 a year through Port Adelaide Enfield based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 92%
- Industrial 7%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Port Adelaide Enfield
In the year to August 2026, 1,176 new dwellings were approved across Port Adelaide Enfield. That mix is 629 houses and 547 units. Approvals are up 22.9% on the same period a year earlier.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 20.3 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2.
From the Le Fevre 1 - Birkenhead monitoring station, 2.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Adelaide (West Terrace / Ngayirdapira), 9.9 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 8 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 4.1 km
- 4.2 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 457 mm
- 77 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.1°C
- 21 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.5°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
26 facilities within 5 km- 0.7 kmIndustrial and Agricultural Chemical Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Acetone
- 0.9 kmIndustrial and Agricultural Chemical Product WholesalingTop reported: Chlorine & compounds · Zinc and compounds · Mercury & compounds
- 1.3 kmOther Warehousing and Storage ServicesTop reported: Zinc and compounds
- 1.3 kmBeer ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
- 1.8 kmCorrugated Paperboard and Paperboard Container ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 5013, 43 of 11,169 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.3% (364 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 5013, 2,675 rooftop-solar systems totalling 26.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,402 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 153 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$15,000 for new homes.
No purchase-price cap. Stamp duty is fully exempted for eligible first-home buyers as a separate concession.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in postcode 5013.
Conveyance duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueSA
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Mark Butler Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mark Butler | 66.3% | 33.6% | +7.4 |
| 2022 | Mark Butler | 59.0% | 41.0% | -2.4 |
| 2019 | Mark Butler | 56.5% | 43.5% | +1.9 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Joe Szakacs Australian Labor Party
Next state election: 16 March 2030.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Joe Szakacs ALP | 67.0% |
| 2022 | Joe Szakacs ALP | 69.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2024, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of South Australia.
Looking at a specific address in Rosewater?
Every figure above is a suburb average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 3,582 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Rosewater
Is Rosewater a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Rosewater is high (86/100, ranked against other SA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Rosewater?
Rosewater has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (86/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Rosewater a good place to live?
Rosewater has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (37/100), ranked against other SA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Rosewater?
Rosewater, SA had a population of 3,582 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Rosewater, SA?
The postcode for Rosewater, SA is 5013.
How far is Rosewater from Adelaide?
Rosewater is 15 km from Adelaide CBD by road, about 22 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Rosewater?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Rosewater was $68,328 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Rosewater?
The median advertised rent in Rosewater is $625 a week for houses (16 listings) and $400 a week for units (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Rosewater?
The median age of residents in Rosewater was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Rosewater?
There is 1 school inside the Rosewater boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Rosewater walkable?
Rosewater scores 90/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it exceptionally walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Rosewater?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Rosewater (Le Fevre 1 - Birkenhead) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.3 µg/m³. That puts Rosewater below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Rosewater?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Rosewater, Adelaide (West Terrace / Ngayirdapira) (9.9 km away), summer days average 29.1°C, winter nights 8.5°C, 457 mm of rain a year over 77 rainy days, and 21 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Rosewater?
First-home buyers in SA may be eligible for $15,000 towards new homes. The grant is administered by RevenueSA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Rosewater belong to?
Rosewater sits within the Port Adelaide Enfield local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Rosewater?
The average residential rates bill through Port Adelaide Enfield is $1,311 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Rosewater?
Across Port Adelaide Enfield, 1,176 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 22.9% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Rosewater in?
Rosewater sits within the federal Division of Hindmarsh, currently held by Mark Butler (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2026
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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